Robert Chaloner

Robert Chaloner, FRS (23 September 1776 – 7 October 1842) was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York. Born the son of William Chaloner of Guisborough, Yorkshire he was educated at Harrow School. He succeeded his elder brother Thomas in 1796 to Guisborough Hall. He joined the North West Riding yeomanry as a Cornet, becoming a captain in 1798. He was a major in the Cleveland Volunteers in 1803 and in the North Riding militia in 1808. He was elected MP for Richmond in 1810, sitting until 1818 and then elected again in 1820 for York, sitting until 1826. He served as Lord Mayor of York for 1817–18 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1811.